Current Population Survey: Annual Demographic File, 1979 (ICPSR 7837)

Principal Investigator(s):
United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

Summary:

This data collection supplies standard monthly labor force
data as well as supplemental data on work experience, income, noncash
benefits, and migration. Comprehensive information is given on the
employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 14 years old
and older. Additional data are available concerning weeks worked and
hours per week worked, reason not working full-time, total income and
income components, and residence. Information on demographic
characteristics, such as age, sex, race, household relationship, and
Hispanic origin, is available for each person in the household
enumerated.

This data collection supplies standard monthly labor force
data as well as supplemental data on work experience, income, noncash
benefits, and migration. Comprehensive information is given on the
employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 14 years old
and older. Additional data are available concerning weeks worked and
hours per week worked, reason not working full-time, total income and
income components, and residence. Information on demographic
characteristics, such as age, sex, race, household relationship, and
Hispanic origin, is available for each person in the household
enumerated.

Dataset(s)

Study Description

Citation

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY: ANNUAL DEMOGRAPHIC FILE, 1979. ICPSR07837-v2. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1980. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-04-09. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07837.v2

Universe:
Persons in the civilian noninstitutional population of the
United States living in households and members of the armed forces
living in civilian housing units in 1979.

Data Type(s):
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

(1) This hierarchical file contains a total of 282,015
records. There are three record types: household, family, and
person. Household records contain approximately 40 variables, family
records contain approximately 80 variables, and person records contain
approximately 220 variables. (2) All records contain weights, which
must be used in any analysis.

Methodology

Sample:
A national probability sample was used in selecting
housing units.

Mode of Data Collection:
telephone interview,
face-to-face interview

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release: 1984-06-28

Version History:

2008-04-09 The codebook has been renamed User Guide
to more accurately reflect the documentation.

2008-04-04 Updated the codebook to include Appendix
E -- Estimation of Sampling Errors.